Nebraska Delegation Supports Winner-Take-All in Letter to Governor Pillen & Speaker Arch

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Congressman Mike Flood (NE-01) led a letter joined by U.S. Senators Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) and Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.) and U.S. Representatives Don Bacon (NE-02), and Adrian Smith (NE-03) to Governor Jim Pillen (R-Neb.) and to Senator John Arch (R), Speaker of the Nebraska Unicameral Legislature, in support of returning Nebraska to a winner-take-all system.  

“As members of Nebraska’s federal delegation in Congress, we are united in our support for apportioning all five of the Nebraska’s electoral votes in presidential elections according to the winner of the whole state. It is past time that Nebraska join 48 other states in embracing winner-take-all in presidential elections,” wrote the Nebraska delegation in their letter.

In the 1990s, a Democrat-led effort resulted in Nebraska splitting its electoral votes. Nebraska is currently weighing whether to return to a winner-take-all method of apportionment. A copy of the full letter can be found here.